| Trade Name:
Blackwood
Botanical Name: Acacia Melanoxylon
Other Names: Australian Blackwood, Tasmanian
Blackwood
Source: Native to Victoria, South Australia, NSW,
Queensland & Tasmania.
Availability: NZ stock is from plantations,
farm woodlots and amenity plantings. Continuous supplies will
be more available in the future.
Air Drying Density : 680 Kg/m3
Characteristics: Distinctive flecked and coloured
grain. New Zealand grown Blackwood is slightly denser than
that across the Tasman and is often more colourful.
Traditional uses: Built-in furniture and interior
joinery, panelling and flooring. High-quality cabinetwork.
Generation-4 Timber Top specification:
Blackwood is a dense, strong, attractive timber
that readily accepts the Generation-4
finish.
The Generation-4 finish
presents a dense but flexible, low maintainance finish which
is waterproof, acid and heat resistant. |
